the pretensions of the Cairene elite along with the hypocrisies of empire... In Ghali's Cairo, almost everything is phoney." Related Books Diana Athill. After a Funeral. London: Cape, 1986. - winner of the J. R. Ackerley Prize for Autobiography References External links Waguih Ghali's Page on the Literary Encyclopedia Book's page by Susie Thomas on the 'London Fictions' site - including perhaps the only photo of Ghali in the public domain Book's page on Serpent's Tail, the Publisher Book Review by Ahdaf Soueif on the London Review of Books Egyptian novels Autobiographical novels Egyptian English-language novels 1964 novels Novels set in Egypt André Deutsch books